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JCR-UK is a genealogical and historical website covering all Jewish communities and
congregations throughout the British Isles and Gibraltar, both past and present.
NOTE: We are not the official website for this community.
City of Bristol
Bristol, the major city of the West of England with a population of about
400,000, is situated near the eastern end of the Bristol Channel and has a short
coast line along the southern coast of the channel, facing Wales. Bristol
is unique in having been a city with county status since medieval times (it was
named a county borough when the term was created in 1889), with only a short
break, from 1974 to 1996, when it became a local government district of the
short-lived county of Avon. It regained its independence and county status in
1996, when the county of Avon was abolished and Bristol became a unitary
authority.
The Bristol Jewish Community
There had been a medieval Jewish community in Bristol.
In modern times, Bristol has had a Jewish presence since at least the 1740s.
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Jewish Congregations
The following are the Jewish congregations that existed in Bristol:
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* An active congregation.
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Bristol Jewish Cemeteries Information
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Basic Cemeteries Information
There was a medieval Jewish Cemetery in Bristol in use from some time after 1177 until 1290.
Bristol's modern Orthodox Jewish cemeteries are:
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Barton Road (St Phillips) in use from c. 1750, with
last burial in 1944. Approximately 160 are included in the above
Database.
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Great Gardens (Rose Street), small cemetery in use from
mid-1800s until 1911. In 1924, 27 graves and headstones re-interred
in Ridgeway Cemetery.
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Ridgeway Cemetery, Eastville - the currently active Jewish cemetery in Bristol. First burial 1898. Approximately 640 burials (up to 2003) are included in the above Database, as are most burial certificates.
Bristol Progressive Jewish Community has burial plots at the following cemeteries:
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South Bristol Cemetery, Bridgwater Road, Bedminster
Down, Bristol.
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Memorial Woodlands Cemetery, Earthcott Green, Alveston, South Gloucestershire.
Records of these cemeteries are
also on the
JOWBR and/or All-UK Database (see below).
(For additional information, see
IAJGS Cemeteries Project - Bristol)
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On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to
the Bristol Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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"Jewish Tombstone Inscriptions in S.
W. England - Studies in Anglo-Jewish History No. 3", by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser, includes an
Introduction that makes reference to Bristol.
Part of the
Susser Archive.
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"Bristol" from The Rise of Provincial Jewry
by Cecil Roth, 1950, covering the period to 1840. Available on JCR-UK as part of the
Susser Archive.
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The Jews of Bristol by Alex Schlesinger (pdf - 1.2mb)
- A summary of the Community's history, as published in a fund-raising brochure the Bristol Hebrew Congregation from the 1970s
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Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain - papers for
a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of England, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975:
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Bristol Jewish Cemeteries, which includes a description of the cemeteries.
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Bristol Medieval Community
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Bibliography.
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Bristol JewishHeritage Sites.
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For further articles and a great deal of additional material, see the
JCR-UK webpage for the Bristal Hebrew Congregation
on third party's website
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Other Bristol Jewish Institutions & Organisations
(that had been formed by 1900*)
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
Formed by 1900*
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Bristol Board of Guardians (founded 1890) for the relief of the poor
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Bristol Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent Society (founded 1845) to relieve the poor families resident in Bristol above one year pecuniary or
otherwise during confinement, sickness, mourning, general distress, and at the festivals, also for he education and clothing of children.
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Social and Debating Society (founded 1894)
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* As listed in the Jewish Directory of 1874 and the Jewish Year Books 1896
& 1900 |
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Bristol Jewish Population Data
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1845
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300 (estimate) |
(Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain) |
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1905
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850 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1906) |
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1915
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200 families |
(The Jewish Year Book 1916) |
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1919
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150 families |
(The Jewish Year Book 1920) |
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1945
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500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1945/6) |
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1955
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410 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1955) |
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1990
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375 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
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Page created: 21 August 2005
Latest revision or update: 5
August 2019
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